Sure is great riding in cool comfort.

[John Schmidt]

Last night I stopped early in the Chattagnooga area, I was hot, hot, hot and tired. Fortunately, although not planned my early stop saved me from riding in a horrible storm. This morning, it was beautiful so I got out and after a quick b'fast at a nearby awful Waffle House, I hit the road for Vandalia, IL. Weather was great, in the 70's most of the day so made the best of it and covered the full 456 miles only stopping to eat a couple times and a couple stops to simply stretch the legs. Not bad for an old fart! After riding that far I'm surprised that I'm not tired, the heat simply saps your strength...and my patience.

One thing I've noticed re. the trike, it apparently has a lower gear ratio than the stock drive. At 3k rpm I'm only showing about 64mph...somewhat less than OEM and the front tire is stock size so should be a fairly accurate comparison. So far mileage is in the low 30's which is acceptable considering the size of the trike and the load I am carrying along with the speed I was running. My AudioVox cruise is working great and holds speed quite close...when not in the mountains or hill country I run right at 70 with no issues. Surprisingly, the semis still blow by me.

[Avanti]

You need to feel like your outrunning the police to keep the semis at bay.

[henry 008]

 

[TJ]

   

[old2soon]

    Glad ya hit dat Cooler air!  Heat and The THING that makes the heat Worse-Humidity!  I personally Do NOT see Any 600  700 mile days on Phatt Ghurl in my future no mo.    John My Friend-Just Be Safe out there!  You KNOW the lament Every one of us as Riders have heard-Sorry Dude didn't see ya!  As others have asked-keep us updated please! RIDE SAFE.

[Willow]

...
One thing I've noticed re. the trike, it apparently has a lower gear ratio than the stock drive. At 3k rpm I'm only showing about 64mph...somewhat less than OEM and the front tire is stock size so should be a fairly accurate comparison. ...

Indicated speed is tied to the front tire.  RPM distributes through the rear tire(s).  Compare rear tire size to the OEM Valk tire size.

[JimC]

Indicated speed is tied to the front tire.  RPM distributes through the rear tire(s).  Compare rear tire size to the OEM Valk tire size.

Rear tire size AND rear end ratio.
John has a trike with a modified car rear end, so I doubt he knows what the ratio is without checking.

Jim

[Willow]

Indicated speed is tied to the front tire.  RPM distributes through the rear tire(s).  Compare rear tire size to the OEM Valk tire size.

Rear tire size AND rear end ratio.
John has a trike with a modified car rear end, so I doubt he knows what the ratio is without checking. 

An excellent point.

[f6john]

Regardless of axle ratio, given the 3000 rpm target and difference in speed between the bike and the trike it seems a slightly larger rear tire could possibly move the speed up closer to what John was used to seeing. Might not be practical due to handling and clearance issues.

[John Schmidt]

Those are some fat tires in back, just don't recall the size but have looked at it. I'll probably leave it as it is, I just found it interesting that the speed was down in relation to rpm. What I really need to do when I get home is carry my GPS a couple times to do an actual speed check compared to indicated. Let you all know the results.